The 2020 season seems to be careening toward a shortened schedule — anywhere in the neighborhood of 48 to 76 games — that will somehow leave all parties involved, especially fans, dissatisfied.
And with the bitter taste of negotiations between owners and players still fresh, the best we can do is try to find a bright side in the wake of this dark spring of discontent.
One such bright side? Fewer games mean smaller statistical sample sizes, which mean a greater likelihood of some crazy fun stat lines. There won’t be any home run chases in an abbreviated season, or many chases for cumulative stats at all, but we could see players flirt with some different and seemingly unattainable benchmarks.